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The first purpose-built asylum in the United Kingdom was Bethel Hospital, Bethel Street in Norwich, Norfolk, England. Founded and built by Mary Chapman (1647-1724), who was the wife of Reverend Samuel Chapman and built wholly at her own expense in 1713. The plan for the building was along an "H" block architectural design style. [9] [10]
The floor plan for the Kirkbride design from an 1854 lithograph. The Kirkbride Plan asylums tended to be large, imposing institutional buildings, [9] with the defining feature being their "narrow, stepped, linear building footprint" featuring staggered wings extending outward from the center, resembling the wingspan of a bat. [10]
Unlike traditionally built buildings, where the mechanical space is located in the basement or on the top floor, the interstitial space needs few vertical penetrations and therefore leaves more open space on the primary floor. The entire floor plan of these buildings can be more open because there are fewer fixed vertical penetrations through ...
[16] [27] The design of the hospital included templated floor plans that re-used existing interior designs employed at other Kaiser hospitals, which helped reduce costs. [27] Unlike many California-based Kaiser facilities, the Westside Medical Center has a brick-and-glass exterior, and a more extensive waterproofing system underground. [20]
A Redding surgical hospital is back in operation after more than a year. Patients’ Hospital of Redding on Eureka Way quietly reopened its doors in August, following a voluntary closure from ...
[18] [19] The hospital was built by Turner Construction [20] and designed by the acclaimed architectural firm, Shepley Bulfinch. [21] The design included 12 floors and 400,000 square feet of space. [22] [23] On November 10, 2017, 125 patients were moved from the old WCHOB to the new hospital by a team of doctors, nurses, and volunteers.
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